Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Note on Texts and Translations
- I Osbert of Clare, Prior of Westminster, to Adelidis, Abbess of Barking: A Thank-You Letter on Holy Widows, Virgin Fecundity and Precedents for Female Authority (Letter 42)
- II Abelard to Heloise: The History of Women's Roles in Christianity (Letter 7)
- III Peter the Venerable to his Nieces Margaret and Pontia: Of Nieces and Grandmothers and the Virgin Life at Marcigny (Letter 185)
- IV Osbert of Clare to his Nieces Margaret and Cecilia in Barking Abbey: Heavenly Rewards for Virgins in Barking (Letters 21 and 22)
- V Abelard to Heloise: On Educating Virgins (Letter 9)
- VI Goscelin of St Bertin: Lives of the Abbesses at Barking (Extracts)
- Interpretive Essay
- Bibliography
- Index
- Index
- Miscellaneous Endmatter
Index
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 April 2017
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Note on Texts and Translations
- I Osbert of Clare, Prior of Westminster, to Adelidis, Abbess of Barking: A Thank-You Letter on Holy Widows, Virgin Fecundity and Precedents for Female Authority (Letter 42)
- II Abelard to Heloise: The History of Women's Roles in Christianity (Letter 7)
- III Peter the Venerable to his Nieces Margaret and Pontia: Of Nieces and Grandmothers and the Virgin Life at Marcigny (Letter 185)
- IV Osbert of Clare to his Nieces Margaret and Cecilia in Barking Abbey: Heavenly Rewards for Virgins in Barking (Letters 21 and 22)
- V Abelard to Heloise: On Educating Virgins (Letter 9)
- VI Goscelin of St Bertin: Lives of the Abbesses at Barking (Extracts)
- Interpretive Essay
- Bibliography
- Index
- Index
- Miscellaneous Endmatter
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- Guidance for Women in Twelfth-Century Convents , pp. 198 - 203Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2003